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Method, apparatus, and computer program product for optimization of item location in an automated storage system

  • US 8,755,930 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2012
  • Issued: 06/17/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of optimizing the location of a plurality of bins of a storage system comprising:

  • determining a number of touches each of a plurality of bins of a storage system has experienced over a predetermined time period;

    identifying a bin with more touches than a bin at a first location, wherein the bin with more touches is at a second location; and

    directing the bin with more touches than the bin at the first location to be swapped with the bin at the first location.

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